Watch the moment rescue crews saved 9 people stuck near a Dauphin County dam

Drone footage captured by the Hershey Volunteer Fire Department on Friday, July 4, showed crews rescuing nine people near a low-head dam in the Swatara Creek.

First responders were dispatched to a section of the creek in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, near the Hershey Dam, operated by Pennsylvania American Water, just before 5 p.m.

The video shows rescue crews extending a rope from a raft to the stranded group, pulling them away from the dangerous water…

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